Keystone Wood Co. v. Susquehanna Boom Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Charles B. Witmer, Judge. Action by the Keystone Wood Company against the Susquehanna Boom Company. There was a judgment for defendant on demurrer to plaintiff’s statement (235 Fed. 800), and plaintiff brings error. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In this case the Keystone Wood Company, a corporation of New Jersey, brought suit against the Susquehanna Boom Company, a corporation of Pennsylvania, to recover damages in excess of $3,000 suffered by the alleged illegal flooding of its land by a dam which the Boom Company maintained. The defendant, justifying its right to maintain such dam under certain statutory authority of the state, submitted that legal question to the court below in an affidavit of defense which in substance was a demurrer. The court, after hearing, filed an opinion reported in 235 Fed. 800,…
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